Work on or wheel

[SteelblueSteve]

Just wondering what most would rather be doing, wrenching or wheeling. I really get a kick out of being in the garage with one of my sons helping me with tools and asking questions. I love wheelin, with them also, all three. It's pretty close for me, there's a great sence of satisfaction after finishing a project , but then seeing that project pay off on the trails is pretty awesome, too. I honestly think a like wrenching more, just barely.

[88flexj]

I think I like the building and fabbing as much as wheelin. It's always nice to be able to say that you did all the work on your rig yourself.

[95meangreen]

i like wheeling i mean dont get me wrong i LOVE working on my jeep, but the reason i work on my jeep is so it will work on the trail i love seeing my jeep perform over something i put together and work on. Without wheeling i wouldnt build it.

[steelmen]

hey steve how them rocker rails doing? you build/buy anything new for your jeep since last time i seen it?:repair:

BTW i love working on my jeep and wheeling it but ... theres those times when i wish i could just go work on my jeep and then the times when i wish i could just go wheeling with it but i cant cant because its all in pieces:banghead:

im going with both

right now im working on mounting my hi lift jack but not sure where i want it

[steelmen]

Steve, sorry i couldnt make it this weekend , but if you want work on the 44 this up coming weekend just let me know

[SteelblueSteve]

Without building it I wouldn't wheel it. But I bought my XJ stock and it was the wheeling that got me into the wrenching, beyond routine maintenance I mean. When I was a kid I loved pulling my bike apart, greasing up the bearings, putting it all back together. I guess it's just the same thing, but the parts are more expensive now. :repair:

[dallas xjs]

i love ever aspect about it..fab,wheeling,rocks,meeting people,traveling and camping...that perfect moment on a rock climb with a drunkard spin...hell i love it all... http://i10.tinypic.com/4de5get.jpg http://i10.tinypic.com/2v1xhqt.jpg

[johnlv6]

A good balance of both would make me happy. I've spent WAY too much time wrenching compared to my "trail" time. 99.9% of my driving is on the street.

[SteelblueSteve]

Steve, sorry i couldnt make it this weekend , but if you want work on the 44 this up coming weekend just let me know
No problem, I think this weekend is cool. I've put some hood vents in, put some DPG rear bump stops on, which I have to take back off to put on the s-10 leafs I got on ebay. I've also got a gas tank skid to put on. Two years ago I made a list of everything I wanted to do to my Cherokee, mod wise. Everything got crossed off that list and I'm like two lists down the road.

[mrrbby]

I like doing both, but it is so nice just to be able to jump in the jeep and go.

[KarlVP]

No way. Wheeling is why I wrench.

I much prefer wheeling.

[Ramsey]

http://i10.tinypic.com/2v1xhqt.jpg


Where is that eye protection!

I love both, would love wrenching even more if i had better tools and a garage.

[Chero-King]

I love both, would love wrenching even more if i had better tools and a garage.

X2, wrenching under only a carport roof kinda sucks compared to a nice, dry, heated garage.

[dallas xjs]

Where is that eye protection!

I love both, would love wrenching even more if i had better tools and a garage.
ok rams,you got me but the lead tech on the job wasnt wearing osha approved safty glasses so i said "hey whats good for the mut is good for me" http://i11.tinypic.com/2yzinoj.jpg

[Ramsey]

X2, wrenching under only a carport roof kinda sucks compared to a nice, dry, heated garage.
you think your so fancy with your carport. Hell I wish i had a carport and something bigger than our 5x5 "shop" so full of crap you can barely stand in it.

[hologram]

I would rather wheel, but unfortunitly for the last two years 90% of my time has been wrenching. HMMM!!!!

[Sniggs]

Why isn't "Porn" an option on your poll (Pole)?

[Captain Ron]

There's nothing worse than wrench or fabbing on my junk when I could be wheeling.

:D

--ron

[shortxjdoug]

you think your so fancy with your carport. Hell I wish i had a carport and something bigger than our 5x5 "shop" so full of crap you can barely stand in it.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/rcdoug/DSC09145.jpg

i ahve access to this little building to spin wrenches in. three bays, air movers for the summer, insulated in the winter, air tools yada yada yada. last time i had work to do on the heep i fit the jeeps and a tahoe into the first bay, the forklift makes the axle swaps a lot easier too :D

[Ramsey]

i hate you

[XJoshua]

I love wrenching. I admit I dont get to do it much, but I think a oil bath is more fun then a mud bath. I havent done much work at my house since my dad things working on vehicles is a bad idea so I just go out of town to where a buddy works.

Six bay garage, one painting booth, all I can use tools as long as I clean them. Hardware if I forget to bring something up. Also the fact I dont have to pay to dispose of my oil is great, because they just put it into the heater for the winter months.

Here'e the look on my face after spending 9.5 hours replacing my rear main seal. First engine work I have ever done in my life. I still had to drive 50miles back home.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/12/web/2280000-2280999/2280716_22_full.jpg

[XJ_ranger]

If i could buy a built rig, that wouldnt break, that I would only have to pull off the trailer to empty the cooler and garbage, then put back on the trailer...

that would be Ideal...

[Ramsey]

Opie with your "skill" you'd break a rig running rockwells and 32s

[XJ_ranger]

Opie with your "skill" you'd break a rig running rockwells and 32s

im just that good!

[jeepdude10000]

Duh!